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CNN:
Trump's attorney took notes that say the former president wanted to fight subpoena for classified docs  —  Donald Trump asked whether he could push back against Justice Department efforts last year to recover any classified documents still in his possession during conversations with his lawyer …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago prosecutors sought records of Trump Organization deals
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Free Advice for Ron DeSantis: Don't Run for President  —  The Florida governor is uncomfortable around regular people, hides from the media, and is too skittish to take on Trump.  What's the point in running at all? … I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) …
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Ronny on the Run  —  Lessons from a day shadowing a press-any and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful.  —  Last week, I made a pre-election year pilgrimage to New Hampshire, where I was able to hit a lobster shack and drive around with Governor Chris Sununu for hours on end.
Discussion: Twitchy
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:   Fox Panel Flames DeSantis: ‘Everything About Florida That You Love - DeSantis Inherited’
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll Seeks New Damages From Trump for Comments on CNN  —  The former president's repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote.  —  E. Jean Carroll, who this month won $5 million in damages …
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Axios:
Scoop: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reconsiders 2024 bid  —  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reconsidering a bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, after earlier taking himself out of the race as polls made former President Trump look increasingly formidable, top Republican sources tell Axios.
Curbed:
How Much Does It Cost to Live Like This?  —  We asked young New Yorkers about their dream futures.  Then we calculated exactly how much each would cost.  —  You begin shopping for your future the moment you become an adult in New York City.  Rich and well-furnished lives are aggressively paraded about.
Discussion: National Review and Althouse
New York Times:
Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War's Destruction  —  Drone footage taken by The New York Times captured the scorched buildings, destroyed schools and cratered parks that now define the city in eastern Ukraine.  —  Photographs and Video by Tyler HicksText by Marc Santora
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Washington Post:
Before-and-after images of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Bakhmut  —  One year ago, the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, home to some 70,000 people, was known locally for its salt mines and sparkling wine.  Today, it is a symbol of Russia's brutal and relentless war.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Draft Tucker PAC ceases activities after legal threat from Carlson  —  A recently launched political action committee that sought to push former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to run for president has ceased activities after a legal threat from Carlson's lawyer.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Hits Super PAC Trying to Draft Him Into 2024 Race With Legal Complaint
Discussion: Raw Story, TheBlaze and UPROXX
Steve Henson / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers apologize and invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night  —  Less than a week after removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their lineup, the Dodgers on Monday re-invited the organization to Pride Night amid backlash from LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups as well as local politicians and even Dodgers employees.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Scott vows not to overturn the election if he loses  —  In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Scott — who announced his presidential bid on Monday — called the U.S. role in Ukraine “essential” and contrasted himself with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
How Fake AI Photo of a Pentagon Blast Went Viral and Briefly Spooked Stocks  —  A falsified photograph of an explosion near the Pentagon spread widely on social media Monday morning, briefly sending US stocks lower in possibly the first instance of an AI-generated image moving the market.
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Fake image of Pentagon explosion goes viral
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
DeSantis's $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida  —  Governor's incentive scheme recruits officers with history of excessive violence or who have been arrested since signing up  —  Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024  —  Oops!  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday inadvertently implied that House Republicans' high-profile investigation into President Joe Biden's family members and their finances is actually about helping Donald Trump win the presidency in 2024.
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
My neighbor lived to be 109.  This is what I learned from him.  —  Early one August morning during a heat wave in Kansas City, Mo., I stepped outside to fetch the Sunday newspaper — and something stopped me in my tracks.  —  My new neighbor was washing a car.
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can't care for them  —  Cities are building special shelters for the old, and shelters are hiring trained staff to handle a wave of aging baby boomers  —  PHOENIX — Beatrice Herron, 73, clutched a flier offering low-cost cable TV …
Reuters:
White House: driver detained after truck crashes into security barriers near residence  —  US secret service reports no injuries, as the cause of the crash remains under investigation  —  The driver of a truck has been detained after crashing into security barriers on Lafayette Square …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
In Florida, reproductive care nightmares become tragically common  —  Ron DeSantis is ready to pitch a “Make America Florida” platform.  The public should be clear-eyed about what that would mean on abortion rights.  —  After the lopsided results in last month's state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin …
Bryce Covert / In These Times:
What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs  —  Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray.  Lationna Halbert's is one of the first.  —  Lationna Halbert doesn't like pickles.  But one day, in July 2022, she was hit with an intense craving as she watched her boss eat one.
Kim Parker / Pew Research Center:
How Pew Research Center will report on generations moving forward  —  Journalists, researchers and the public often look at society through the lens of generation, using terms like Millennial or Gen Z to describe groups of similarly aged people.  This approach can help readers see themselves …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russian Deputy Minister Dies Suddenly After Slamming ‘Fascist Invasion’ of Ukraine  —  The Russian government offered its “deepest condolences” to his loved ones.  —  A senior Russian lawmaker who was reportedly critical of the invasion of Ukraine died over the weekend, the Russian government confirmed …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son.  She's Suing  —  “I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child”  —  AFTER MULTIPLE MISCARRIAGES, Kiersten Hogan thought she would never be able to carry a pregnancy to term.
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana governor signs law to define ‘sex’ as only male or female  —  Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word “sex” in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people.
Discussion: HuffPost and Montana Free Press
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marianne Williamson loses top 2 campaign officials in a matter of days  —  The campaign director and deputy director for the longshot Democratic presidential candidate quit over the weekend.  —  The top two campaign officials for longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson resigned over the weekend.
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Bloomberg:
Russian Prime Minister Starts China Visit in Sign of Strong Ties  —  Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has kicked off a two-day visit to China as the two nations seek to further strengthen ties despite Moscow's war in Ukraine.  —  Mishustin arrived in Shanghai late Monday night …
Discussion: TASS
Paul Blest / More Perfect Union:
Poll: The Public Overwhelmingly Supports the Writers' Strike  —  Even 63 percent of Trump voters back the film and television writers on strike.  —  More than 70 percent of Americans—including a clear majority of Trump supporters—support the Writers Guild of America's ongoing strike for better pay …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail  —  It's increasingly clear that it's not safe to be pregnant in states with total abortion bans.  Since the end of Roe v. Wade, there have been a barrage of gutting stories about women in prohibition states denied care for miscarriages or forced to continue nonviable pregnancies.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden investigation: Second IRS whistleblower claims retaliation  —  A second IRS whistleblower has alleged retaliation for raising concerns that Justice Department leadership was “acting inappropriately” on the investigation into Hunter Biden, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The Daily Beast:
Frantic Hunting Mission Erupts After Raid on Russian Town  —  The Kremlin said it was working to “destroy this sabotage group.”  —  The Kremlin has launched a “counter-terrorist operation” in Russia's Belgorod region after a pro-Ukrainian group claimed to have stormed and “completely liberated” the border town of Kozinka.
Politico:
Biden-McCarthy meeting ends ‘better’ — but with no clear path to deal  —  The prospect of a national debt default as soon as June 1 still looms.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden ended their one-on-one meeting on Monday still short of a deal to avoid a U.S. debt default that could come as soon as June 1.
 
 
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Chinese citizens sue Florida over law barring them from owning houses
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Nashville Parents Ask: Must a Mass Shooter's Writings Be Made Public?
Discussion: New York Post
David Smith / The Guardian:
Republican witness faces questions over whether he lied under oath to key panel
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Florida Pride events canceled in wake of new laws, ‘unsafe’ climate
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